As I think I may have mentioned the gas gauge on the Vagabond doesn't work right. This isn't a major problem because I'm usually pretty fanatic about keeping the tank full, and I track how far I have been driving, so as to know when to fill up. (I never trust the guage on any car). I realized i was running low last night as I was parking at home, but decided I'd just deal with filling it up in the morning.
Well, I forgot, because as I pointed out, I'm an idiot, you see.
Car sputtered to a stop in the middle of the parkway. I was going fast enough to where there was a shoulder to park on. I called AAA and told them to bring me gas. They told me that seeing as how I was stranded in the middle of a freeway, they would mark this as a "priority situation" (i was not even aware that AAA had such designations). It took the tow truck guy just about exactly an hour and a half to get to me with the two gallons of gas to drive to the next service station (which was about a mile and a half a way... plenty close enough that I could have walked there myself (if it weren't for the fact that it was along the parkway, which doesn't have a shoulder in many parts.) Priority service == 1.5 hours. I'm glad I didn't get regular service... I'd still be there tonight.
Whee....
On a good note, I now pretty much know exactly how big my gas tank is....that's got to be worth something.
Also, apparently